New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1246: relative to planning board members serving on other local boards.
Status: Signed into law, April 22, 2026
What the bill says
An act relative to planning board members serving on other local boards. Rep. Aylward, Merr. 5; Rep. Stavis, Graf. 13; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36 COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill mandates that a member of a planning board, who also serves on a zoning board, may only participate and vote on one board when an application or development project is heard by both boards. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
From the chaptered text, April 22, 2026:
AN ACT relative to planning board members serving on other local boards. Rep. Aylward, Merr. 5; Rep. Stavis, Graf. 13; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36 COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill mandates that a member of a planning board, who also serves on a zoning board, may only participate and vote on one board when an application or development project is heard by both boards. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics. Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.] Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-2738 04/09 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to planning board members serving on other local boards. 33:1 Planning Board Members Serving on Other Local Boards. Amend RSA 673:7, I to read …
Sponsors
- David Fracht (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- Deborah Aylward (R, 5)